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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: Queensland Fire DepartmentThe story so far
About 60 km northeast of Kuridala.
An active wildfire is currently burning near Kuridala, Australia, managed by the QFD since it started on November 12, 2026. While the local typical fire season does not officially run until December to March, this fire is already underway within a regional context where 21,163,141 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 39% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Australia for less than a day.
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Australia
Across Australia, roughly 21,163,141 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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